Ascendant orb

okay i have been thinking about this for quite some time now.

This has been suggested by several people already but... wouldn´t it be awesome and solve all problems with the lab if GGG would make such a ascendant orb?

This orb drops at Izaro or can only be in the currency chest and can be traded to other people that don't really like to run the lab for the AC points. You can only use this orb for the norm - cruel - merc Ac points = 6 points.
For the 7-8th Ac point you need to run the uber lab( or there is a different orb).
People that farm the lab get nice rewards + this orb.... that is especially good for hc players.
You can only use the ascendant orb after completing dominus/malachai in that difficulty:

For example: You killed norm Dominus/Malachai so you can use 2 orbs for your current max points. For now you can't get more. You need to kill cruel Dominus/Malachai to use the next 2 orbs.... to avoid lvl 30 players with 6 AC points.



Pros:

- people farming the lab get rewarded very well. i guess that orb will be worth ~ 10c+ in hc leagues
- people that dont like to run the lab for whatever reason - boring/scared..... - can just gather some currency and pay the brave lab runners
- you can still do lab yourself and sell the orb to somebody else
- we have a new currency (can that ever be an con?)
- It isn`t unfair (in my opinion) because you can only get 6 points and if you want more you have to run uber lab
- non endgame players (stuck in norm, cruel) can farm the lab and sell the orb to buy better equipment... = reason to farm norm, cruel lab at all (and even merc lab - echants are okay... but you want the uber lab ones...)
- people having problems running the lab - laags/latency/pc - can still get those 6 points
- increasing hc population
- high level hc chars, which have never done the lab before can get their points safe and don't have to die in norm lab traps^^
- running the lab rewards you with 2 points, if you want to skip that you have to buy 2 of these orbs ... running the lab is still an option even if it takes 30min. Can you get the currency needed for 2 orbs in 30min?
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Cons:

- is a currency that is only needed 6 times (max) per char = The value of that orb can decrease and people get free ac points without ever having run the lab before (especially in sc)
- ?


In my opinion those 6 AC points are build enabling and thus should not be only accessible playing the lab.
Isn't that a win-win situation?
Any pros/cons you like to add?

thx for your attention :)

bump

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it is far easier to buy a carry for Core Malachai than to buy a carry for lab - you have to pass the traps yourself and this part is what makes people complain that the game is no longer easymode

its actually pretty easy to carry lab too.

tell the people to equip all the regen gear possible ( you are carrying them the hell do they need damage items for?).

run through the path ahead of them triggering of the locked doors so they dont have to dick around in as many traps .

help them out by destroying the trap totems for them if you can.


i casually helped out an es based pizza build with 10k hp/es .. took 10 minutes .. got me some free enchants =D

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ive carried a player only once (and will never do that again) and did it for free

that guy with a copy-pasta bino-crit-reave-crit-dagger-ABYSSUS build died like 4 times and only then told me that he has 3.1k (at 79!) life and he is wearing abyssus. i told him to change the diap.. helmet and come back. he somehow managed to not die on a 5th run.

this is the typical poe player - and they will remain so unless life hits them hard in the head. sorry but nowadays only failures and solid ones teach.

people should not be allowed to get points with something that 'enough damage on an Nth try will do' - like killing Malachai. if they are unwilling to learn and get better - they will drag this game down to a mindless clicker game where 'we are all winners!' - except it is no longer called a game but a 'pat in the back.exe'

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but look up and see that i was referring to BUYING a carry. and that requires no skill nor build nor gear.

lab is difficult to carry trough - the traps are the ONLY thing in this game that is done SOLO (and is possible with all builds, however easier with some. the point still stands - it is doable without any problems with ANY build). and that is what makes it so special (And hated at the same time) - you cannot buy a carry trough that.

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